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Stuff in This Issue

What's New at Make Baby Stuff - New Articles & Another CONTEST!

Meet the Crafty Mama - Jesse Ruth Tymich, Luxe Baby Diapers

Meet our contest sponsors, the Natural Kids Etsy Team

Contest!

Our biggest news is that we're having a Natural Nursery & Playroom Contest and this time we have loads of amazing PRIZES sponsored by the Natural Kids Etsy team! Many families are starting to choose natural materials for baby products, from everything from cloth diapers to wooden toys and that is what this contest is all about. We want to show off how beautiful natural is in a nursery or playspace so submit your photos and entry! We're looking for wool, cotton, wood, bamboo, silk, etc. Remember, if your space is not 100% natural (some plastic toys, etc) that is OKAY, you are still eligible... submit a photo and tell us about your space. Go here to enter and to check out other entries!

Who:
Jesse Ruth Tymich of Luxe Baby Diapers lives in the Canadian rainforest (aka - British Columbia) and has been in business for five years. She lives with her six year old son, Colton and a frog named Splasher. She has a crafty past of creating mohair artist teddy bears and still would like to sew some up...if only she could find the time!

If you are in the cloth diaper world you will have already heard of her line. If you are lucky enough to nab a diaper when she stocks (believe me, she has avid collectors and therefore they can be hard to come by) you too will be converted. Lovely colors, designs and top notch materials make her diapers stand out. To you skeptics out there, no these are not just diapers, they are works of art!

What led up to starting Luxe Baby Diapers?
I was a single mother and I desperately wanted to stay at home
with my baby son.

How has your line evolved from the beginning?
My products have all changed since the beginning. I actually offered
raw silk fabric lined inside my diapers. Now my favorite diaper
fabric is organic bamboo. I don’t regret anything I designed.
Its good to try new things and be different.

How do you measure success and have you reached it?
This sounds corny but success is spending time with my son at home.

Why diapers?
I fell in love with cloth diapers! I still love them.

What is your favorite part of your creative process from idea to sale?
Designing the pattern is so exhilarating and I’m addicted
to dying wool. I have so many lovely customers send
me adorable photos of their children in my outfits!

When do you find time to create?
I constantly amaze myself. I am fairly organized and I
seem to squeeze in time for everything.

How do you balance business and family?
Family comes first of course! I sew a lot at night when
my son is sleeping. I have an extraordinary team
set up for Luxe right now. I have one
part-time seamstress sewing for me. I have
one amazing assistant. Carrie comes into
The house once a week and get me organized.
She is packaging and learning more each week.

Any other creative pursuits you enjoy?
I have big creative plans for everything! Lack
of time keeps me from pursuing them. I would
love to paint a mural on every wall in the house.

What are your future plans for your business?
My future plans are to keep the business as small
as possible. I am passionate about small business,
work at home mothering, support local business, recycle, re-use
and hug trees! I plan to be involved with premature baby
items for the hospital in the future. I also am
working on starting a second business at some point.

If you were a symbol, what would it be and why?
The recycle symbol. A dove is a close tie!

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Meet our Contest Sponsors from the Natural Kids Etsy Team!

Several artisans from the Natural Kids Etsy Team banded together to sponsor our Natural Nursery & Playroom Contest with their lovely work...all made of natural materials of course. In fact, that is what the Natural Kids team is all about! Please check out their shops and buy handmade! You can search through all the members of the team by searching "naturalkids team" on Etsy or by clicking here where the search field has been filled out for you.

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